BAR SECURITY FOOTAGE HELPS CLEAR HONG KONG RUGBY PLAYER OF MOLESTATION CHARGE
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AT A GLANCE
A Hong Kong professional rugby player has been acquitted of molesting a woman at a bar after a magistrate ruled the athlete had touched her buttocks by accident. But Faizal Solomona Penesa, 34, admitted a lesser offence of common assault and another charge of criminal damage, and was ordered by Magistrate Gary Chu Man-hon on Thursday to pay HK$12,000 (US$1,530) in fines.
Security footage played in court showed Solomona’s hand on the complainant’s waist at Bobby’s Rabble on Wyndham Street on the...
KEY FACTS
- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on SECURITY, FOOTAGE, HELPS, CLEAR, HONG.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 16 Jul 2026, 11:18 UK.
- Coverage checked: 1 distinct source and 0 closely matched related stories.
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- News - South China Morning Post: A Hong Kong professional rugby player has been acquitted of molesting a woman at a bar after a magistrate ruled the athlete had touched her buttocks by accident.
- News - South China Morning Post: But Faizal Solomona Penesa, 34, admitted a lesser offence of common assault and another charge of criminal damage, and was ordered by Magistrate Gary Chu Man-hon on Thursday to pay HK$12,000 (US$1,530) in fines.
- News - South China Morning Post: Security footage played in court showed Solomona’s hand on the complainant’s waist at Bobby’s Rabble on Wyndham Street on the...
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